Author Archives: Johan

Results Brussels Friendly 98

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Johan

Dear backgammon friends and/or Backgammon Club Brussels members, Brussels Friendly 98 was played on Friday the 6th of March 2020, with 14 participants and the win for Dan Pascu with 4 victories. Congratulations ! We welcomed one new member : … Continue reading →

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Rating list: update delayed due to technical problem

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Johan

As you may have noticed, the rating list is showing the situation of a few weeks ago. The website has moved recently to a new server, but there’s been a technical issue. We’re working on the problem. In the meantime, … Continue reading →

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Gibraltar Open 2020: Mochy v Sebastian Wilkinson

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Johan

Robin ‘Rain’ Bilderbeek and Michel Lamote have edited the video of the commentated match between Mochy and Sebastian Wilkinson, with among others additional XG analysis of interesting situations. Great stuff!

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Gent Open Backgammon XV

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Johan

Gent Open Backgammon Zaterdag 21 maart 2020 Toernooi formaat Zwitsers, 7 ronden, matches tot 7 punten met klok. Klok: 14 minuten + 12 seconden per zet, Bronstein. Masters, intermediate en beginners samen in 1 tabel, Zwitsers syteem. Programma 10u00 – … Continue reading →

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Last roll double clinches Brussels 4 Cubes 2020 derby

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Johan

On Friday the 21st of February, in a nearly crowded tennis club ‘le Roseau’ (admittedly most of the members more interested by the football game on TV), both Brussels teams started their 4 Cubes campaign 2020 playing against each other. … Continue reading →

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Results Brussels Friendly 97

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Johan

Dear backgammon friends and/or Backgammon Club Brussels members, Brussels Friendly 97 was played on Friday the 7th of February, with 16 participants and the win for Lorenzo Pacini with 4 victories. Congratulations ! We welcomed 2 new members : Chantal … Continue reading →

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Gibraltar Backgammon Championship 2020: Live Commentary by Michel Lamote assisted by International Grandmasters

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Johan

Last week, Michel Lamote was invited by the Danish Backgammon Federation to give commentary at their live stream at the Gibraltar Backgammon Championship 2020. Below is the link to the quarter final between Zdenek Zizka en Christian Munk-Christensen, played on … Continue reading →

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Red Beavers reach quarter finals at WBGF Team Championship 2020

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Johan

Headed by team captain Johan Huyck, the Red Beavers Alain Chif, Michel Lamote, Johan Segers and Geert Van der Stricht drove to the Grand Casino of Forges-les-Eaux (France) to participate at the 2020 edition of the WBGF Team Championship, January … Continue reading →

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Vlissingen Masters Rapid and Speed

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Johan

At the occasion of 60th birthday, Paul van Rooijen organised a great backgammon weekend in the Arion hotel at the waterfront of his home town, Vlissingen, on 4 and 5 January 2020. There were two tournaments, in Swiss format, with … Continue reading →

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Happy 2020

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Johan

Dear backgammon friends, First of all, from myself, and on behalf of BGFed.be, our federation, mybest wishes for a splendid year 2020 Our desires, of course, include your best of luck with all sorts of doubles in the beginning of … Continue reading →

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